I have a alienware Aurora M9700, capable of having 2GB of ram but when I put in 2x1GB ram sticks it wont boot up, is this a bio problem? Cause I tried 2 different brand of 1GB ram sticks and it wont work, I know the specs are correct cause they use PC3200 DDR 400 SODIMM Non-ECC 200 pin ram. I tried using 1 old ram stick and 1 new one, but the bio still shows the old ram memory of 1GB and BSoD me when I get to windows screen. Please help.
Laptop wont accept new ram sticks.
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Memory Module Properties
Module Name Patriot Memory
Serial Number None
Module Size 512 MB (1 rank, 4 banks)
Module Type Unbuffered
Memory Type DDR SDRAM
Memory Speed PC3200 (200 MHz)
Module Width 64 bit
Module Voltage SSTL 2.5
Error Detection Method None
Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh
Memory Timings
@ 200 MHz 3.0-4-4-8 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 12-14-2 (RC-RFC-RRD)
@ 166 MHz 2.5-3-3-7 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 10-12-2 (RC-RFC-RRD)
Memory Module Properties
Module Name Patriot Memory
Serial Number None
Module Size 512 MB (1 rank, 4 banks)
Module Type Unbuffered
Memory Type DDR SDRAM
Memory Speed PC3200 (200 MHz)
Module Width 64 bit
Module Voltage SSTL 2.5
Error Detection Method None
Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh
Memory Timings
@ 200 MHz 3.0-4-4-8 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 12-14-2 (RC-RFC-RRD)
@ 166 MHz 2.5-3-3-7 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 10-12-2 (RC-RFC-RRD)
Yep that does, copy directed from Everest, though I'm positive that PC3200 are 400MHz and I checked with AW techs and they said it's 400MHz too, and it's not even SDRAM, it's SODIMM.
PCMark also shows it runs on a 400MHz freq.
I think its a problem with the BIOS, I think Alienware locked it to only accept their ram sticks.
PCMark also shows it runs on a 400MHz freq.
I think its a problem with the BIOS, I think Alienware locked it to only accept their ram sticks.
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